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Friday, September 5, 2014

Ecija barangay chairman murdered by riding-in-tandem gunmen

CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija–An incumbent barangay chairman and nephew of Board Member Pol Interior was
gunned down by two motorcycle-riding gunmen in San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija
Thursday afternoon, police said.

Garcia
died on-the-spot from three gunshot wounds of a caliber 40 revolver.

Chief
Inspector Alexander Aurelio, San Leonardo police chief, said the attack was
staged at around 5:30 pm Thursday in the same barangay.

Aurelio
said Garcia was walking along the provincial road in the same barangay when the
gunmen aboard a red unlicensed Honda motorcycle appeared from behind and shot
him point-blank, hitting him in the neck.

As
he was sprawled on the pavement, the gunmen fire two more shots then fled in
the direction of nearby Peñaranda town.

One
of the bullets hit a bystander Rowena Nogue, 49. She was rushed to a nearby
hospital for treatment.

PO2
Giovani Penamante, case investigator, said they have several witnesses who
already executed affidavits. “The problem is they have not known the suspects
personally,” he said.

He ruled out politics as the motive behind the attack, saying they are
looking at possible business rivalry. (Manny Galvez)